Sacred 2: Fallen Angel

Sacred
Sacred	2004
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel	2008
Sacred Citadel	2013
Sacred 3	2014

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions (Sacred 2 Gold)

Steam Community Discussions

SacredWiki: a community maintained wiki that also hosts the community patch.

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7 and SecuROM PA DRM. Russian copies use StarForce 5 DRM and its online activation.
		Gold Edition.
GOG.com		Gold Edition.
Humble Store		Gold Edition.
Steam		Gold Edition.
Steam (unavailable)		Fallen Angel only. Community pages still public.

Version differences[edit]

The Gold Edition is a complete edition containing the base game and the Ice and Blood add-on needed for the community patch. The English-language version is based off the UK release.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Ice & Blood	Included in Gold Edition. North American localization was not released, only European and Japanese versions exist.

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

The latest version for Fallen Angel is 2.43, which requires patch 2.40 first. Both are available here.
The latest versions for Ice & Blood and the Gold Edition are 2.65.1 and the 2.65.2 hotfix. Both are available here.
A community patch is available to anyone who has the add-on installed. It requires Ice & Blood or Gold Edition updated to at least version 2.65.1 (the 2.65.2 hotfix is included in the package) and fixes a lot of glitches, broken quests, PhysX feature, and other issues. Since it also adds new items, a separate vanilla drop mod exists to disable them.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Ascaron Entertainment\Sacred 2
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/225640/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Ascaron Entertainment\Sacred 2
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/225640/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video[edit]

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Possible through editing the OptionsDefault.txt
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	FOV only needs to be edited if playing in Ultra Widescreen.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Off, x2, x4
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	No frame rate or refresh rate cap.^[1]

Better Textures[edit]

The Collectors Edition came with a third disc with Elite textures adding an extra option to the graphics menu for them.
Deep Silver are happy for people to download these textures but cannot supply them as the original developer went bankrupt. Post from Deep Silver community manager.

Input[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, Sound Effects and Speech all have separate levels.
Surround sound		Speaker modes: 2.0, 4.0, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1.
Subtitles		Mission text displayed in dialog boxes, but unique voiced responses are not shown in text.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 5.0

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Separate UK and US versions for Fallen Angel; UK only for Ice & Blood and Gold Edition.
Czech				Retail only
French
German
Italian
Japanese				Retail only.
Polish				Retail only. Download available here
Russian				Retail only
Spanish

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play		Official servers have been shut down; see Online play.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Dedicated		Via the community-made lobby replacement

Online play[edit]

Internet LAN play can work through Hamachi, RadminVPN and other VPN services

A community-made lobby replacement is available and does not require extra downloads (other than the latest version of the game). More information is available here, and the source code is available on GitHub.

If the host has the Community Patch installed, you must also have the Community Patch to join. The lobby will inform you if they do.

VR support[edit]

3D modes	Native	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues fixed[edit]

Steam version crashes on launch[edit]

The Steam version Sacred 2 Gold will crash if launched when the beta client of Steam is installed.^{[citation needed]}

Instructions^{[citation needed]}
Go to settings in the Steam client and opt out of the Beta for the Steam client. Restart Steam and let it download any client updates required.

Windows 7 compatibility[edit]

Under Windows 7, Sacred 2: Fallen Angel (2.02 through 2.43) will crash constantly.

Under Windows 7, Sacred 2: Ice & Blood (release version 2.64.0) will crash constantly.

There is no official Windows 7 fix for Sacred 2: Fallen Angel. Here is a post on the Steam forum outlining potential steps to getting Sacred 2 to work on Windows 7. However, the only reliable solution is to buy the add-on or the Gold Edition.

(Pertaining to v2.43 DRM-free German) Game will work only if Windows Aero is turned off.^{[citation needed]}

Only for Ice & Blood: Install official patch^[2]

Download official 2.65.1 patch.

Notes

The DRM-free version of Sacred 2: Gold is pre-patched to 2.65.1.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX	Optional setting; buggy feature unless the community patch is used
Audio	Miles Sound System
Interface	Scaleform
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	TinCat

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3, Vista SP2
Processor (CPU)	2.4 GHz	2.0 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	20 GB	25 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 6800 ATI Radeon X800 256 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS ATI Radeon HD 3870 512 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible

The elite textures if installed take up an additional 9 GB of hard drive space.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/225640/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (225640) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ New 120Hz Games Report
↑ [ Readme.txt] - last accessed on 2009-10-18
"Line 276: * Incompatibility with Windows 7 fixed"

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/225640/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (225640) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[2] New 120Hz Games Report

[3] [ Readme.txt] - last accessed on 2009-10-18
"Line 276: * Incompatibility with Windows 7 fixed"

[Note 1]

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Developers

	Studio II Software
Publishers
International until 2020	Deep Silver
Japan	Zoo Corporation
International as of 2020	THQ Nordic
North America	CDV Entertainment USA
Release dates
Windows	October 2, 2008
Reception
Metacritic	71
IGDB	65
Taxonomy
Monetization	Expansion pack
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Point and select
Genres	ARPG
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Sacred